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A review by tobinlopes
Gun Machine by Warren Ellis
5.0
Wow. Early in my reading of this one the little voice in my head started saying "theeeseeeee eeeeeeeiiiiissssss goooooooooooooohhhhdddd" over and over again. By p. 68 my frontal lobe had relented - this was a great book.
Ellis is a great comic writer and produces some of the most original stories the medium has ever seen. Some are ultra-violent or ultra-demented. His first novel, Crooked Little Vein, had a lot of it and probably limited its sales because of it. It was great to see him move past that. Gun Machine is different. Ellis avoids the ultra stuff, although he hints at it through police band accounts intermittently through the main story.
Simply put, this book drips noir, drips crime, drips cop shows, drips evil, drips conspiracy, drips humor...it's wet with excellence.
I strongly recommend this book for anyone.
I gave it 9.5/10 on my personal scale.
-tpl
Ellis is a great comic writer and produces some of the most original stories the medium has ever seen. Some are ultra-violent or ultra-demented. His first novel, Crooked Little Vein, had a lot of it and probably limited its sales because of it. It was great to see him move past that. Gun Machine is different. Ellis avoids the ultra stuff, although he hints at it through police band accounts intermittently through the main story.
Simply put, this book drips noir, drips crime, drips cop shows, drips evil, drips conspiracy, drips humor...it's wet with excellence.
I strongly recommend this book for anyone.
I gave it 9.5/10 on my personal scale.
-tpl